Plot Structure Review

Which part of the story is represented by this blue blob?

• climax

• exposition

• falling action

• resolution

It was Friday night and Elyssa was at home, putting on her coat and gloves, getting ready to go to the football game.
What part of the plot structure is this most likely from?

• exposition

• resolution

• climax

• rising action

Cinderella lives with stepsisters and stepmother.  They get invited to a ball but don't want her to go.   A fairy godmother makes a dress and coach and Cinderella goes to the ball and dances with the prince.  She loses a slipper as she runs out and the prince looks for the girl who fits the slipper.  He finds Cinderella and they marry and live happily ever after. This is the __________.

• exposition

• plot

• setting

• antagonist

Which of the following will lead to the clearest understanding of the structure guiding the plot?

• Knowing if the main conflict is man vs. man, man vs. fate, man vs. society, etc.

• Knowing the major dramatic question of the protagonist

• Knowing the weakness of the antagonist

True or false: there are said to be "death stakes" in a story even if what is on the line is not the physical life or death of the protagonist.

• True

• False

True or false: there’s a continual rise in tension from the inciting incident to the climax

• True

• False

Which of the following best describes the trend in the way modern stories treat falling action and denouement

• Both tend to be shorter, compared to older stories

• Both tend to be longer

• The falling action tends to be shorter, and there is often no denouement

• The denouement tends to be longer, and there is often no falling action

Over time, how have expositions changed in story telling?

• There is less exposition before the inciting incident

• There is more exposition before the inciting incident

What part of the plot structure involves the introduction of the main characters and setting?

• Exposition

• Climax

• Resolution

• Falling Action

In a typical plot structure, what follows the climax?

• Exposition

• Rising Action

• Falling Action

• Resolution